Baba Ramdev taken to Dehradun for hospitalization

DEHRADUN: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's health deteriorated on Friday and was taken to Dehradun for hospitalization as his fast against corruption continued for the seventh day.

The district magistrate, R Meenakshi Sundaram who came here perasonally met Baba Ramdev on a stretcher in an ambulance.

There was a major chaos in Patanjali Yogpeeth as Baba Ramdev's supporters shouted slogans against Sonia Gandhi and the Conress.

"The team has observed his situation. He is suffering from dehydration, and his condition has deteriorated," said Yogesh Kumar Sharma, chief medical officer (CMO) of Haridwar.

"We advise him to get hospitalised for better cardiac monitoring. He has lost 1.5 kg weight, with a total weight loss of 5.5 kg since Saturday," Sharma added.

Ramdev's health condition has considerably deteriorated and he took lemonade and honey at the request of doctors on Thursday.

The yoga guru has been on a fast unto death here after being forced to move out of Delhi's Ramlila Ground Saturday midnight.

The CMO said there are 183 people in Patanjali ashram who are sitting on fast with the 46-year-old yoga guru.